Someone is Always Watching Us
One day last week I was driving
down the road when something in the sky ahead of me caught my eye. At first, I
thought it was a bird flying, but something about it just didn’t look right. I
soon realized that what I had spied was a small drone. Even more odd was the
fact that it wasn’t hovering over one area – it seemed to be following the
route of the highway I was on. I continued to keep an eye on it for a couple of
miles before I saw it turn to the right – the same direction I was planning to
go. After making the turn I still saw it, but it seemed to be slowly
descending. At the next intersection I had to stop at a traffic light. As I
did, the drone came down almost right next to my vehicle, hovering for a few
seconds, almost as if it was looking at me. Then it flew away as the light
changed. It continued to fly ahead of me, although at a lower altitude, going
so low that it was actually flying above the traffic but underneath the power
lines. Then it happened. It’s wing struck one of those lines, causing the
gadget to pummel into the other lane of the road. As it crashed, one of the
cars in front of me quickly pulled across that lane to block traffic and
someone reached out to retrieve the drone. I then realized that the person who
had been controlling the drone must have been riding in that vehicle which had
been traveling ahead of me this whole time. I don’t know what they were doing
or why, but I have to admit that it was a little creepy to see such a potential
spy-in-the-sky following my route and even hovering over me as if it was
watching me.
Does it bother us when we consider
the fact that there is a God who is watching everything we do? The Bible
clearly describes Him as an omnipresent spirit who sees all and knows all. And
if that isn’t enough, His abilities extend beyond just observing our outward actions.
He also knows our very thoughts, as well as being able to discern our hidden
desires and motives. Do we find that creepy, disturbing, or even scary? Does it
stir up guilt or shame in light of the way we sometimes act, the words we let
come out of our mouths, or the thoughts we entertain?
How do we handle this truth of God’s
ever-present watchful eye? Some of us may simply try not to think about it. We either
deny what the Bible teaches about this subject or we just choose to ignore it. Others
may be more concerned about what God thinks, but just hope they can do enough
good things to outweigh the bad, or they bank on God’s forgiveness. Certainly,
we’ve all fallen short of God’s standard of righteousness and need the grace
that is available to us through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. We can never
make up for it by our own good deeds. We have to put our trust in the Lord for
forgiveness.
However, as we move forward in our
lives as His followers, the best way to deal with the fact that we are serving
an all-seeing and all-knowing God is to let Him transform us from the inside
out. He can change our hearts. He can purify our motives. He can help us think
about good things. And He can clean up our speech and our behavior. We may
falter at times and will still need His forgiveness. However, let’s also trust
Him to help us better live and think in ways that will please the One who is
always watching us.
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